Kirill Marchenko and Kent Johnson scored in the shootout and the Columbus Blue Jackets rallied to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 on Tuesday night. Elvis Merzlikins, who made 20 saves, stopped Bryan Rust and Sidney Crosby in the shootout, as Columbus came ...

Getting the game's second point also lifted the Blue Jackets (18-17-6) into the Eastern Conference's second wild-card spot via tiebreaker over the Penguins (17-17-8), who also have 42 points.

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 in a shootout after the overtime period at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh on Tuesday. Dmitri Voronkov of the Blue Jackets scored two goals. The Blue Jackets stand at 17-17-6;

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Up 3-1 in the third period, at home, against a Columbus Blue Jackets team that has been making a move in the standings, the Penguins collapsed and ultimately fell in a shootout, 4-3.

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The Columbus Blue Jackets went into Tuesday night’s game in Pittsburgh losers of 15 games in a row at PPG Paints Arena. At long last, that streak has ended.

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Pittsburgh Penguins center Evgeni Malkin missed Tuesday’s home game against the Columbus Blue Jackets with an upper-body injury

Former Pittsburgh Penguins forward Zach Aston-Reese is staying with the Columbus Blue Jackets, agreeing to a one-year extension worth $775,000.

Blue Jackets GM Don Waddell says captain Boone Jenner is ahead of schedule and center Sean Monahan will miss at least two weeks.